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 |
|---|---|
| congruent | congruous |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |