GRE Word List
DEPREDATION
to lay waste : plunder
The meaning of the word depredation is to lay waste : plunder.
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| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| lax | loose |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
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