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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symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
palmany of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves
claustrophobiaabnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces
insightfulexhibiting or characterized by insight
saccharineof, relating to, or resembling that of sugar
sapthe fluid part of a plant
militiaa part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency