GRE Word List
PROGNOSTICATE
to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict
The meaning of the word prognosticate is to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |