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 |
|---|---|
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| regime | regimen |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |