GRE Word List
MARAUD
to roam about and raid in search of plunder
The meaning of the word maraud is to roam about and raid in search of plunder.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| plane | airplane |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |