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
physiognomythe art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance
bateto reduce the force or intensity of : restrain
vendorone that vends : seller
surmountto prevail over : overcome
apathylack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness
authoritarianof, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority
raveto talk irrationally in or as if in delirium
punitiveinflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
pristinebelonging to the earliest period or state : original