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 |
|---|---|
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| countenance | look |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| canny | clever |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |