GRE Word List
PROWESS
distinguished bravery
The meaning of the word prowess is distinguished bravery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beleaguer | besiege |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| verge | brink |