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.

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junkettrip
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
perverseturned away from what is right or good : corrupt
skittishlively or frisky in action : capricious
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