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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| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| diva | prima donna |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| devious | wandering |
| motley | variegated in color |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |