GRE Word List

PRIVY

private

The meaning of the word privy is private.

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craftskill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity
self-indulgenceexcessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
impudencethe quality or state of being impudent
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
mosaica surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns
propensityan often intense natural inclination or preference
pastichea literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
reverendworthy of reverence : revered