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 |
|---|---|
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |