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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
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| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
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