GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |