GRE Word List
DESPOIL
to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage
The meaning of the word despoil is to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |