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 |
|---|---|
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| decipher | decode |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |