GRE Word List
PRESCIENCE
foreknowledge of events:
The meaning of the word prescience is foreknowledge of events:.
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killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
besiege | to surround with armed forces |
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summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
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