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 |
|---|---|
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |