GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| actuary | clerk |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| versatile | embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills |