GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| astral | of, relating to, or coming from the stars |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |