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 |
|---|---|
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |