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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WordMeaning
chaffthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
denigrateto attack the reputation of : defame
optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
revertto come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject)
regattaa rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races
transcribeto make a written copy of
magnanimitythe quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity
commemorateto call to remembrance
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
stoica member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c.