GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |