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 |
|---|---|
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| crass | gross |
| sentinel | sentry |