GRE Word List
PROWESS
distinguished bravery
The meaning of the word prowess is distinguished bravery.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |