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 |
|---|---|
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| sidetrack | siding |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |