GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
origin
The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| congruent | congruous |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| mulct | fine |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |