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 |
|---|---|
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| encumber | weigh down |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |