GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |