GRE Word List
PROWESS
distinguished bravery
The meaning of the word prowess is distinguished bravery.
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| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| prattle | prate |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |