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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |