GRE Word List

DEPUTIZE

to appoint as deputy

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

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multifarioushaving or occurring in great variety : diverse
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panachean ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet
denotationan act or process of denoting
verbiagea profusion of words usually of little or obscure content
phalanxa body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files
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rubblebroken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building
predetermineforeordain