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 |
|---|---|
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| implode | to burst inward |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |