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

WordMeaning
buffoona ludicrous figure : clown
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
quoruma select group
soarto fly aloft or about
ecosystemthe complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit
forebodingthe act of one who forebodes
exultto be extremely joyful : rejoice
confinesomething (such as borders or walls) that encloses