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 |
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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 |