GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |