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.
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| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |