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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| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| cohorts | companion |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |