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 |
|---|---|
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |