GRE Word List
DEFRAY
to provide for the payment of : pay
The meaning of the word defray is to provide for the payment of : pay.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |