GRE Word List
PRESCIENCE
foreknowledge of events:
The meaning of the word prescience is foreknowledge of events:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |