GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| cursive | running |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |