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 |
|---|---|
| philatelist | a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| addle | rotten |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |