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 |
|---|---|
| dire | exciting horror |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| stench | stink |
| distant | separated in space : away |