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 |
|---|---|
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |