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 |
|---|---|
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| crass | gross |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| addle | rotten |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |