GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
origin
The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |