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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |