GRE Word List
PROVISIONAL
serving for the time being : temporary
The meaning of the word provisional is serving for the time being : temporary.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| trenchant | keen |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| significant | having meaning |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| nib | bill |