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 |
|---|---|
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |