GRE Word List
FORESIGHT
an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience
The meaning of the word foresight is an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| acuity | keenness of perception |