GRE Word List
DEPUTIZE
to appoint as deputy
The meaning of the word deputize is to appoint as deputy.
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inopportune | inconvenient |
chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
callous | being hardened and thickened |
prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
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