GRE Word List
DEPUTIZE
to appoint as deputy
The meaning of the word deputize is to appoint as deputy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |