GRE Word List
PRESCIENCE
foreknowledge of events:
The meaning of the word prescience is foreknowledge of events:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| impuissance | weakness |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |