GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |