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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| scotch | scottish |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |