GRE Word List
PRESCIENCE
foreknowledge of events:
The meaning of the word prescience is foreknowledge of events:.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spate | freshet |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| sublimate | sublime |