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 |
|---|---|
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |