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 |
|---|---|
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| primal | original |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |