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 |
|---|---|
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
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| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |