GRE Word List
DEPLETE
to empty of a principal substance
The meaning of the word deplete is to empty of a principal substance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| colloquy | conversation |
| studied | carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| broach | brooch |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |