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 |
|---|---|
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| diva | prima donna |
| spoof | deceive |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| engender | beget |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |