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
submergeto put under water
brevityshortness of duration
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
waiveto relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
philanthropistone who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy
vilifyto utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame
tracta system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function
oafa stupid person : boob