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 |
|---|---|
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |