GRE Word List
PROWESS
distinguished bravery
The meaning of the word prowess is distinguished bravery.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |