GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pitfall | trap |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |