GRE Word List
DISFIGURE
to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries
The meaning of the word disfigure is to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| nib | bill |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
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| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |