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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| violate | break |
| connivance | the act of conniving |