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 |
|---|---|
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |