GRE Word List
SULLY
to make soiled or tarnished : defile
The meaning of the word sully is to make soiled or tarnished : defile.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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garish | clothed in vivid colors |
emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
unkempt | not combed |
assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |