GRE Word List
DEPLETE
reduce; exhaust
The meaning of the word deplete is reduce; exhaust.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emasculate | weaken; castrate |
| takeoff | burlesque; act of leaving the ground |
| impunity | freedom from punishment or harm; CF. punish |
| remediable | reparable |
| start | move suddenly or involuntarily; Ex. start at the sight of a snake |
| infest | inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful; Ex. Mice infested the house; Ex. shark-infested waters |
| asperity | sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter |
| automaton | mechanism that imitates actions of humans; machine that works by itself |
| trilogy | group of three related works (connected by a shared subject but each complete in itself) |
| bump | hit or knock against with force; N. |
