GRE Word List
PROVENANCE
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The meaning of the word provenance is origin.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| nullify | to make null (see null |