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

WordMeaning
flounderflatfish
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
avowto declare assuredly
relinquishto withdraw or retreat from : leave behind
derelictionan intentional abandonment
threatan expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control
distractto draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
hibernalof, relating to, or occurring in winter