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 |
|---|---|
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| wanton | merciless |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |