GRE Word List

PRIVY

private

The meaning of the word privy is private.

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WordMeaning
contritefeeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc.
compulsorymandatory
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control
astringentcausing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic
evocativeevoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response
solicitorone that solicits
partitionthe action of parting : the state of being parted : division
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
ambushto attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters