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 |
|---|---|
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
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