GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| primal | original |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |