GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| longevity | a long duration of individual life |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| skimp | skimpy |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| pitfall | trap |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |