GRE Word List

PRESCIENCE

foreknowledge of events:

The meaning of the word prescience is foreknowledge of events:.

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WordMeaning
enterprisingmarked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
morbidof, relating to, or characteristic of disease
hedonista person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
impaleto pierce with or as if with something pointed
larcenythe unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently
slapto strike sharply with or as if with the open hand
ennuia feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral