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 |
|---|---|
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| steep | lofty |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |