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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insurgenta person who revolts against civil authority or an established government
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
paramountsuperior to all others : supreme
incentivesomething that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action
hypercriticalmeticulously or excessively critical
polaritythe quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles
flusterto put into a state of agitated confusion : upset
quaffto drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously
statelymarked by lofty or imposing dignity
delugean overflowing of the land by water