GRE Word List
PRESCIENCE
foreknowledge of events:
The meaning of the word prescience is foreknowledge of events:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |