GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| addle | rotten |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| courier | messenger |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |