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 |
|---|---|
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| canny | clever |