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 |
|---|---|
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |