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 |
|---|---|
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| onus | burden |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |