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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |