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 |
|---|---|
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |