GRE Word List
PROVINCIAL
the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order
The meaning of the word provincial is the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |