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 |
|---|---|
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| plane | airplane |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| violate | break |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| shack | hut |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |