GRE Word List
PRIVY
private
The meaning of the word privy is private.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |