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 |
|---|---|
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| polity | political organization |