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 |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |