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 |
|---|---|
| whimsy | whim |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| politic | political |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |