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 |
|---|---|
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |