GRE Word List
DEPUTIZE
to appoint as deputy
The meaning of the word deputize is to appoint as deputy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |