GRE Word List
BEREFT
deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something
The meaning of the word bereft is deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| replicate | duplicate |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |