GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| veracious | truthful |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |