GRE Word List
BEREAVEMENT
the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone
The meaning of the word bereavement is the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comprehend | to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| addle | rotten |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |