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 |
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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 |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |