GRE Word List
DETERRENT
serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter
The meaning of the word deterrent is serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| garnish | decorate |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |