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 |
|---|---|
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |