GRE Word List
PROWESS
distinguished bravery
The meaning of the word prowess is distinguished bravery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |