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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| repercussion | reflection |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |