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 |
|---|---|
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |