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 |
|---|---|
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |