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 |
|---|---|
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |