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.

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WordMeaning
raptlifted up and carried away
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
seinea large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore
tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs
nauseouscausing nausea or disgust : nauseating
desecrateto violate the sanctity of : profane
covetousmarked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions
engulfto flow over and enclose : overwhelm
extrapolationto predict by projecting past experience or known data
masticateto grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew