GRE Word List
PROWESS
distinguished bravery
The meaning of the word prowess is distinguished bravery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| brawny | muscular |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |