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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WordMeaning
proliferateto grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
culpablemeriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful
parryto ward off a weapon or blow
anomalysomething different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous
adamantunshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding
cemeterya burial ground
alloythe degree of mixture with base metals : fineness
politypolitical organization