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 |
|---|---|
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| canine | a conical pointed tooth |
| 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 |