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 |
|---|---|
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
