GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| retrench | cut down |