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 |
|---|---|
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| cryptic | secret |