GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
origin
The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| charlatan | quack |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |