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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|---|---|
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
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| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
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| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
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| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
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