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 |
|---|---|
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| irate | roused to ire |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |