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 |
|---|---|
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |