GRE Word List
PROWESS
distinguished bravery
The meaning of the word prowess is distinguished bravery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| allude | to make indirect reference |