GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |