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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| ram | a male sheep |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| conspire | plot |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |