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 |
|---|---|
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| junket | trip |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |