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deplete

verbCommon GRE wordMore D words

to use up or reduce the supply of

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Deplete in a sentence

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Overfishing has depleted stocks that once seemed inexhaustible.

Synonyms
exhaustdrainconsume
Antonyms
replenishrestoreaugment

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The new intern was so blank that she completed in two days a backlog her predecessor had let pile up for weeks.

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Deplete (verb) means to use up or reduce the supply of
Here is deplete used in an example sentence: "Overfishing has depleted stocks that once seemed inexhaustible."
Common synonyms for deplete include exhaust, drain, consume.
Antonyms of deplete include replenish, restore, augment.
Deplete is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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