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 |
|---|---|
| actuary | clerk |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| inequity | injustice |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |