GRE Word List
PROVISO
an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition
The meaning of the word proviso is an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
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| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |