GRE Word List

PRIVY

private

The meaning of the word privy is private.

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WordMeaning
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
rueto feel penitence, remorse, or regret for
malaisean indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
penancean act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification
vulnerablecapable of being physically or emotionally wounded
putrescentundergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid
obsoleteno longer in use or no longer useful
protegeone who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence
referendumthe principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative
aeriethe nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop