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.

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WordMeaning
badinageplayful repartee : banter
almssomething (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
grudgingunwilling
bourgeoisof, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class
malignevil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious
affectedartificial; pretended
morguea place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
convergeto tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet
incorporateto unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole