GRE Word List
PRIVATION
lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life; hardship; want; CF. deprive
The meaning of the word privation is lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life; hardship; want; CF. deprive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| verisimilitude | appearance of truth; quality of appearing to be true or real; likelihood; Ex. verisimilitude of her performance as Lady Macbeth |
| blurt | utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement |
| daub | smear (as with paint); cover with something sticky; Ex. daub one's clothes with mud/paint; N: small bit of sticky substance; Ex. a daub of paint |
| zeal | eager enthusiasm (to a cause or ideal); ADJ. zealous |
| selective | careful in choosing; having an effect only on certain things; not general; Ex. eclectic weed killer |
| condole | express condolences; N. condolence: sympathy for someone who has experienced great sorrow |
| embargo | ban on commerce or other activity |
| thermal | pertaining to heat; producing heat; warm; Ex. thermal bath; N: rising current of warm air |
| austere | forbiddingly stern; ascetic; without comfort or enjoyment; severely simple and unornamented; Ex. a monk's austere life; Ex. austere grandeur of the cathedral; N. austerity |
| sacrosanct | invioably sacred; most sacred; inviolable |
