GRE Word List

PROVENANCE

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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.

Random words

WordMeaning
amenitiessomething that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
scintillateto emit sparks : spark
guffawa loud or boisterous burst of laughter
cipherzero
exegesisexposition
daubto cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster
terseusing few words : devoid of superfluity
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher
contextthe parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning