GRE Word List

PROVENDER

dry food for domestic animals : feed

The meaning of the word provender is dry food for domestic animals : feed.

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hypocriticalcharacterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy
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staminathe bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance
illicitnot permitted : unlawful
predisposeto dispose in advance
insurgenta person who revolts against civil authority or an established government
labyrintha place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys
insensatelacking sense or understanding
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
flickerto move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter