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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |