GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| hurl | rush |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |