GRE Word List
PROWESS
distinguished bravery
The meaning of the word prowess is distinguished bravery.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |