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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |