GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| historic | historical |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |