GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resign | relegate |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| random | a haphazard course |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |