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 |
|---|---|
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |