GRE Word List
BEREAVED
deprived of (someone beloved through death)
The meaning of the word bereaved is deprived of (someone beloved through death).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| unexceptionable | entirely acceptable; not offering any basis for criticism |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| downcast | disheartened; dejected; sad; directed downward |
| millennium | thousand-year period (as in the New Testament); hoped-for period of happiness and prosperity |
| enact | make (a bill) into law |
| influx | flowing into |
| persist | continue in existence; last; continue in a course of action in spite of opposition; Ex. persist in/with something; ADJ. persistent |
| cavalier | casual and offhand; arrogant; N: knight |
| suppress | put an end to forcibly; subdue; stifle; overwhelm; inhibit the expression of; check; prevent from being published or made public; Ex. suppress a smile; Ex. suppress the magazine/truth |
