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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malingererto pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)
propsomething that props or sustains : support
remonstrateto present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate
carriondead and putrefying flesh
incapacitateto deprive of capacity or natural power : disable
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
dilettantea person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler
demurto take exception : object