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

WordMeaning
gingerlyvery cautious or careful
encroachmentto enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another
gibeto utter taunting words
inadvertentlyunintentional
rendezvousa place appointed for assembling or meeting
misnomerthe misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
avowto declare assuredly
benedictionthe invocation (see invocation
striatedmarked with striations or striae
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously