GRE Word List
PREDETERMINE
foreordain
The meaning of the word predetermine is foreordain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |