GRE Word List
DEPREDATION
to lay waste : plunder
The meaning of the word depredation is to lay waste : plunder.
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ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
blues | low spirits : melancholy |
indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |