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 |
|---|---|
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| caulk | to 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) |