GRE Word List

DEPREDATION

to lay waste : plunder

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

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WordMeaning
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
propoundto offer for discussion or consideration
temporalof or relating to time as opposed to eternity
transitoryof brief duration : temporary
blandsmooth and soothing in manner or quality
parasitean organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host
germinalbeing in the earliest stage of development
insinuateto impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply