GRE Word List
PROGNOSIS
the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case
The meaning of the word prognosis is the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
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| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |