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 |
|---|---|
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |