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 |
|---|---|
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| slake | subside |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| cryptic | secret |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |