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 |
|---|---|
| antiquity | ancient times |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| convention | agreement |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |