GRE Word List
PRIVY
private
The meaning of the word privy is private.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| imprecation | curse |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |