GRE Word List
PROWESS
distinguished bravery
The meaning of the word prowess is distinguished bravery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| ebullient | boiling |