GRE Word List
DEPREDATION
to lay waste : plunder
The meaning of the word depredation is to lay waste : plunder.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |