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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WordMeaning
lasciviousfilled with or showing sexual desire : lewd
ancillarysubordinate
polemicalof, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
salaciousarousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
pana usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking)
puissanthaving puissance : powerful
yokela naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town