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 |
|---|---|
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| amity | friendship |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |