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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
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| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |