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

WordMeaning
minutethe 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
denotationan act or process of denoting
pedestriancommonplace
obliterateto remove utterly from recognition or memory
slovenlyuntidy especially in personal appearance
dys-abnormal
avantgardegroup of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard
leewayan allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance
posthumousborn after the death of the father