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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| puerile | juvenile |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |