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 |
|---|---|
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| dour | stern |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| coin | corner |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |