GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| wanton | merciless |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |