GRE Word List
PROWESS
distinguished bravery
The meaning of the word prowess is distinguished bravery.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| duration | continuance in time |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| conflagration | fire |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |