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 |
|---|---|
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |