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
hideto put out of sight : secrete
entrancepower or permission to enter : admission
stampto pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument
pulpitan elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service
abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite
assiduousshowing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application
insensibleincapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
astralof, relating to, or coming from the stars
madrigala medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form