GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| giddy | dizzy |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |