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 |
|---|---|
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| quarry | game |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |