GRE Word List

PROVENANCE

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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.

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foraya sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
paraphernaliathe separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life
piscatorialpiscatory
heraldan official at a tournament of arms (see arm
squelchto fall or stamp on so as to crush
recalcitrantobstinately defiant of authority or restraint
lethalof, relating to, or causing death
execrabledeserving to be execrated : detestable
juncturea point of time