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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| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
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| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| sibling | sib |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
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