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 |
|---|---|
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
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| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |