GRE Word List
DEFILE
to make unclean or impure: such as
The meaning of the word defile is to make unclean or impure: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |