GRE Word List

DEPUTIZE

to appoint as deputy

The meaning of the word deputize is to appoint as deputy.

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WordMeaning
disburseto pay out : expend especially from a fund
insinuateto impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply
stringenttight
run-downan item-by-item report or review : summary
plaitpleat
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
bourgeoisof, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class
anonymitythe quality or state of being anonymous
spoilsportone who spoils the sport or pleasure of others
militiaa part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency