GRE Word List
PROVENDER
dry food for domestic animals : feed
The meaning of the word provender is dry food for domestic animals : feed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |