GRE Word List
PRESCIENCE
foreknowledge of events:
The meaning of the word prescience is foreknowledge of events:.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| recast | to cast again |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| rarefied | being less dense |