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 |
|---|---|
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| dilute | attenuate |