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 |
|---|---|
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| quarry | game |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| ebullient | boiling |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |