GRE Word List
PRESCIENCE
foreknowledge of events:
The meaning of the word prescience is foreknowledge of events:.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |