GRE Word List

DIVEST

to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title

The meaning of the word divest is to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title.

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WordMeaning
retrieveto locate and bring in (killed or wounded game)
distraughtagitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain
repudiateto refuse to accept
implacablenot placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated
assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
feuda mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate
pandemoniuma wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people)
adjointo add or attach by joining
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
exhilaratingcausing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling