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 |
|---|---|
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |