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 |
|---|---|
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| 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 |
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |