GRE Word List
DEPREDATION
to lay waste : plunder
The meaning of the word depredation is to lay waste : plunder.
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| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
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| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
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| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |