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

WordMeaning
controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning
centaurany of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
laudpraise
verdantgreen in tint or color
discourseverbal interchange of ideas
promontorya high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water
schismdivision
drossthe scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal
divineof, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god
importunatetroublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand