GRE Word List
PROWESS
distinguished bravery
The meaning of the word prowess is distinguished bravery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| reek | smoke |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |