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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rivetinghaving the power to fix the attention : engrossing
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ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
comeuppancea deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts
ariaair
conduita natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed
loquaciousfull of excessive talk : wordy
unanimitythe quality or state of being unanimous
herda typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control
mentora friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus