GRE Word List

DEPUTIZE

to appoint as deputy

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

Random words

WordMeaning
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
impugnto assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity
stoketo poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel
ravagean act or practice of ravaging
quagmiresoft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
fancyto have a fancy (see fancy
chasma deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge
distinctivemarking as separate or different : serving to distinguish
forebodingthe act of one who forebodes