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 |
|---|---|
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |