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 |
|---|---|
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |