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 |
|---|---|
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |