GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |