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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| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
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