GRE Word List
PRIVATION
an act or instance of depriving : deprivation
The meaning of the word privation is an act or instance of depriving : deprivation.
Random words
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deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
smudge | to make a smudge on |
fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
penetrate | to pass into or through |