GRE Word List
PROWESS
distinguished bravery
The meaning of the word prowess is distinguished bravery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| reverberate | reflect |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| brook | creek |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |