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 |
|---|---|
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |