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
chastiseto censure severely : castigate
relapsethe act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding
acnea disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles
metropolisthe chief or capital city of a country, state, or region
redundantexceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous
noxiousphysically harmful or destructive to living beings
jovialcharacterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly
homagea feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord
hypotheticalinvolving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural
maraudto roam about and raid in search of plunder