GRE Word List
DEPOSE
to remove from a throne or other high position
The meaning of the word depose is to remove from a throne or other high position.
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| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
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| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
