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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doffto remove (an article of wear) from the body
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sanctuarya consecrated place: such as
germinalbeing in the earliest stage of development
consensusgeneral agreement : unanimity
tendentiousmarked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased
corpusclea minute particle
nondescriptbelonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described
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