GRE Word List
PROWESS
distinguished bravery
The meaning of the word prowess is distinguished bravery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wastrel | vagabond |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |