GRE Word List
PURVEYOR
one that purveys
The meaning of the word purveyor is one that purveys.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| reverie | daydream |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| eventual | contingent |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |