GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
origin
The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |