GRE Word List
EFFACE
to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
The meaning of the word efface is to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| nullify | to make null (see null |