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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WordMeaning
slacknot using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent
eccentricitythe quality or state of being eccentric
taciturntemperamentally disinclined to talk
foilto prevent from attaining an end : defeat
obliterateto remove utterly from recognition or memory
earnto receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered
confidentialmarked by intimacy or willingness to confide
reproachan expression of rebuke or disapproval
veritablebeing in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary
waiveto relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily