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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |