GRE Word List
PRIVY
private
The meaning of the word privy is private.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |