GRE Word List

DEPUTIZE

to appoint as deputy

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

Random words

WordMeaning
ferventvery hot : glowing
flightyswift
maverickan unbranded range animal
swindlerto obtain money or property by fraud or deceit
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
imperturbablemarked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene
rapturean expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion
tribunea Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates
entreatto plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently
megalomaniaa mania (see mania