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 |
|---|---|
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| inadvertently | unintentional |