GRE Word List
PROWESS
distinguished bravery
The meaning of the word prowess is distinguished bravery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| savant | a person of learning |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |