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.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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clip | encompass |
apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
repel | to drive back : repulse |
exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
violate | break |
guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |