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 |
|---|---|
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |