GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| osseous | bony |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |