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 |
|---|---|
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| headlong | headfirst |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| calorific | caloric |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |