GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |