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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| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| epic | a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |