GRE Word List
PROWESS
distinguished bravery
The meaning of the word prowess is distinguished bravery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |