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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|---|---|
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |