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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implicationsomething implied: such as
strewto spread by scattering
sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
sowan adult female swine
fringean ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band
dintforce
lacerationthe act of lacerating
corpusthe body of a human or animal especially when dead
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