GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| postulate | demand |
| minuscule | very small |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |