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 |
|---|---|
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |