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 |
|---|---|
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| passe | past one's prime |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |