GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| encumber | weigh down |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |