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 |
|---|---|
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| nourishment | food |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |