GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |