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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vitalof the utmost importance
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
wrinklea small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease
sleekslick
whorla drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle
vaporizeto convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor
entreatto plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently
moltenfused or liquefied by heat : melted
yokea wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found