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 |
|---|---|
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| guileless | innocent |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| 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 |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |