GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| frail | easily led into evil |