GRE Word List
PROWESS
distinguished bravery
The meaning of the word prowess is distinguished bravery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |