GRE Word List
DEFROCK
to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office
The meaning of the word defrock is to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| prank | trick |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |