GRE Word List
DIVINE
perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic); foresee the future; foretell; dowse; ADJ. N. divination
The meaning of the word divine is perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic); foresee the future; foretell; dowse; ADJ. N. divination.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| self-righteous | sure of one's own righteousness; moralistic |
| castigation | punishment; severe criticism or disapproval |
| averse | reluctant; disinclined; not liking or opposed; Ex. averse to cats/doing the house work |
| nausea | feeling of sickness and desire to vomit; disgust; CF. seasickness |
| petrify | turn to stone; cause to become stonelike; stun or paralyze |
| pedantic | bookish; showing off learning; marked by an excessive ostentatious concern for book learning; N. pedantry |
| rectitude | moral correctness; moral uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment |
| carnal | fleshly; sensual; concerning the desires of the body |
| missile | object to be thrown or projected |
| swarm | large group of insects moving in a mass; crowd of people or animals; V: move in a crowd or mass |
