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impoverish

verbCommon GRE wordMore I words

to make poor or to deprive of strength and richness

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Impoverish in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing impoverish in a sentence.

Decades of overfarming impoverished the once-fertile soil.

Synonyms
bankruptdepletedrainruin
Antonyms
enrichenhance
Common questions

Questions about “impoverish

Impoverish (verb) means to make poor or to deprive of strength and richness
Here is impoverish used in an example sentence: "Decades of overfarming impoverished the once-fertile soil."
Common synonyms for impoverish include bankrupt, deplete, drain, ruin.
Antonyms of impoverish include enrich, enhance.
Impoverish is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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