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 |
|---|---|
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |