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 |
|---|---|
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| charlatan | quack |