GRE Word List
PRESCIENCE
foreknowledge of events:
The meaning of the word prescience is foreknowledge of events:.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| foppish | foolish |