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 |
|---|---|
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| scion | descendant |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| charlatan | quack |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |