Vocab Practice: Defile

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This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Sept. 19, 2013.

Let’s do a practice round!

Defile means:

A) To follow a line
B) To fund generously
C) To pollute, make dirty
D) To lose track of, become lost

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Please, Don’t Defile the Environment!

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The Industrial Revolution, which began in the 1700s, brought great economic progress to our society.

During this time, small-scale, homemade manufacturing operations were replaced by large machines and equipment operated in factories.

No one knew at the time that the smoke and chemicals released by these factories would defile (see [Read more…]