GRE Word List
DEPUTIZE
to appoint as deputy
The meaning of the word deputize is to appoint as deputy.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| libido | instinctual 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 |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |