GRE Word List
HINDSIGHT
perception of the nature of an event after it has happened
The meaning of the word hindsight is perception of the nature of an event after it has happened.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| ensconce | shelter |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |