GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |