GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| espouse | marry |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |