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 |
|---|---|
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| rightful | just |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |