GRE Word List
PREDETERMINE
foreordain
The meaning of the word predetermine is foreordain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |