GRE Word List
BEREAVED
suffering the death of a loved one
The meaning of the word bereaved is suffering the death of a loved one.
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| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
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| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
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| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |