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 |
|---|---|
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| dilute | attenuate |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| sentinel | sentry |