GRE Word List
PRESCIENCE
foreknowledge of events:
The meaning of the word prescience is foreknowledge of events:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |