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 |
|---|---|
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| countenance | look |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |