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 |
|---|---|
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |