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 |
|---|---|
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| scintilla | spark |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| irate | roused to ire |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |