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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|---|---|
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
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| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| potentate | ruler |
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| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |