GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| cryptic | secret |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |