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 |
|---|---|
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| aver | to declare positively |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |