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 |
|---|---|
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |