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 |
|---|---|
| spare | not being used |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| expatriate | banish |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |