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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| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
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| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| 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 |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
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| docile | easily taught |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |