GRE Word List

DEPREDATION

to lay waste : plunder

The meaning of the word depredation is to lay waste : plunder.

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dirgea song or hymn of grief or lamentation
vervethe spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity
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coalesceto grow together
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
swampa wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water
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incentivesomething that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action
remissionthe act or process of remitting
abscissionthe act or process of cutting off : removal