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 |
|---|---|
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |