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 |
|---|---|
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |