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 |
|---|---|
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| fulcrum | prop |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |