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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| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
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| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| quorum | a select group |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
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| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
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| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |