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 |
|---|---|
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| raiment | clothing |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |