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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| pitfall | trap |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |