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 |
|---|---|
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| unsavory | insipid |
| significant | having meaning |