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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perorationthe concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration
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boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined
phlegmaticresembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm
convergeto tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet
manifestreadily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight
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marginthe part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter
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prudea person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum