GRE Word List
DEPUTIZE
to appoint as deputy
The meaning of the word deputize is to appoint as deputy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |