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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| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| rotunda | a round building |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |