GRE Word List
DEFRAY
provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of; pay
The meaning of the word defray is provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of; pay.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| colossal | huge |
| finite | limited |
| banal | hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; cliched |
| phlegmatic | calm and unexcitable; not easily disturbed; CF. phlegm: sticky mucus produced in the respiratory tract |
| acknowledge | recognize; admit |
| catechism | book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize |
| pore | study industriously; ponder; scrutinize; Ex. pore over the book; N. |
| brand | trademark; mark burned on the hide of an animal; mark burned into the flesh of criminals; mark of disgrace; V: mark with a brand; give a lasting bad name; stigmatize; Ex. The press branded him a liar. |
| scuttle | sink (a ship) by cutting holes in the hull; scrap; discard; N: small hatch in a ship's deck or hull |
| fervent | ardent; zealous; hot |
