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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campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
terminalleading ultimately to death : fatal
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
connubialof or relating to the married state : conjugal
pranktrick
inroadan advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something
torquea force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion
abysmalimmeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad
halefree from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound
diversionthe act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation