GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |