GRE Word List

DEPUTIZE

to appoint as deputy

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

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WordMeaning
personablepleasant or amiable in person : attractive
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
cherubican order of angels see celestial hierarchy
incarnateinvested with bodily and especially human nature and form
reduceto draw together or cause to converge : consolidate
comeuppancea deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts
oscillateto swing backward and forward like a pendulum
geriatricsa branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people
extortto obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring
sagaciousof keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning