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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therapeuticof or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative
halcyoncharacterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden
saturateto satisfy fully : satiate
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
perorationthe concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration
rambleto move aimlessly from place to place
potenthaving or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful
desultorymarked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose
soliloquythe act of talking to oneself
distraitapprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted