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Bereft Beh Reft Adjective Lacking Characteristic Possession Trait Isolated

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(Beh-REFT), adjective

Lacking a certain characteristic, possession, or trait; isolated and lonely.

“A woman moved is like a fountain troubled. / Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, BEREFT of beauty, / And while it is so, none so dry or thirsty / Will deign to sip or touch one drop of it.” – William Shakespeare

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