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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churlishof, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar
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prolificproducing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful
inertlacking the power to move
clairvoyanthaving clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception
muskyhaving an odor of or resembling musk
disperseto cause to break up (see break up
bristlinga short stiff coarse hair or filament