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 |
|---|---|
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |