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

WordMeaning
defaceto mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details
animadversiona critical and usually censorious remark
heinoushatefully or shockingly evil : abominable
smudgeto make a smudge on
fiatan authoritative or arbitrary order : decree
jargonthe technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group
spurnto reject with disdain or contempt : scorn
credencemental acceptance as true or real
dissectionthe act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected
penetrateto pass into or through