GRE Word List
PRESCIENCE
foreknowledge of events:
The meaning of the word prescience is foreknowledge of events:.
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| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
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| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
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| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |