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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| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
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| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |