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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| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| categorical | absolute |