GRE Word List
PRIVY
private
The meaning of the word privy is private.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |