GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |