GRE Word List
PRIVATION
lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life; hardship; want; CF. deprive
The meaning of the word privation is lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life; hardship; want; CF. deprive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retroactive | taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax); (of a law) having effect on the past as well as the future |
| inane | silly; senseless; Ex. inane remarks; N. inanity |
| stilted | bombastic; stiffly pompous; Ex. stilted rhetoric; CF. stiff: formal |
| venerable | deserving high respect; commanding respect; CF. command: deserve and get |
| sledge | large sled drawn by work animals |
| compatible | harmonious; in harmony with; able to exist together |
| genuflect | bend the knee as in worship |
| languish | lose animation or strength |
| occult | mysterious; secret; supernatural; beyond human comprehension; CF. mysterious to human ?; OP. bare |
| relapse | return to a former state (esp. after improvement); N. |
