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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |