GRE Word List

PRIVY

private

The meaning of the word privy is private.

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chagrindisquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure
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thrashto beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog
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implicationsomething implied: such as
devoutcommitted or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
crassgross