GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paradigm | example |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |