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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |