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 |
|---|---|
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| random | a haphazard course |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |