GRE Word List
DEPREDATION
plundering; destruction
The meaning of the word depredation is plundering; destruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fell | cut or knock down (a tree or a person); bring down (with a missile) |
| verdant | green; covered with green plants or grass; lush in vegetation; Ex. verdant meadows |
| posthumous | after death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death); coming or occurring after one's death; Ex. posthumous fame/novel |
| scoff | laugh (at); mock; ridicule; Ex. scoff at their threats |
| prim | proper to the point of affectation; very precise and formal; exceedingly proper |
| podium | pedestal; raised platform |
| hail | frozen rain drop; V: salute or greet; precipitate hail |
| glutinous | sticky; viscous; gluey |
| pedestrian | ordinary; dull; unimaginative(lacking in imagination); going on foot; Ex. pedestrian prose; N. |
| minutiae | petty or trivial details; CF. minutia |