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 |
|---|---|
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| savory | having savor: such as |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |