GRE Word List

PILLAGE

the act of looting or plundering especially in war

The meaning of the word pillage is the act of looting or plundering especially in war.

Random words

WordMeaning
oustto remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
encroachmentto enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another
irretrievablenot retrievable : impossible to regain or recover
lookoutone engaged in keeping watch : watchman
dinghya small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat
bombasticmarked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous
nascentcoming or having recently come into existence
unmitigatednot lessened : unrelieved
disseminateto spread abroad as though sowing seed
prosceniumthe stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater