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 |
|---|---|
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| seemly | good-looking |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |