GRE Word List
PRIVY
private
The meaning of the word privy is private.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| 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 |
| galley | a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| overthrow | overturn |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |