GRE Word List
PROVENDER
dry food for livestock; fodder
The meaning of the word provender is dry food for livestock; fodder.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elysian | relating to paradise; blissful |
| ashen | ash-colored; deadly pale |
| partisan | one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party (with dislike of any others); N: strong supporter of a party; guerrilla |
| redundant | superfluous; more than is necessary; verbose; excessively wordy; repetitious |
| repulse | reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship); drive back (an enemy attack); CF. repulse $\neq$ cause repulsion |
| serrated | having a sawtoothed edge; Ex. serrated leaf |
| deviate | turn away from (a principle, norm); move away from an accepted standard; swerve; depart; diverge; N. deviation; Ex. deviation of the path of light by a prism |
| heckler | person who verbally harasses others; V. heckle: verbally harass as with gibes (by interrupting a speaker or speech) |
| bandy | discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with |
| rare | (of air) thin in density; rarefied; Ex. rare air of the mountains |
