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 |
|---|---|
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |