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 |
|---|---|
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |