GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scion | descendant |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| 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 |
| hallowed | holy |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |