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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preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf
cadavera dead body
anomalousinconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular
dubiousunsettled in opinion : doubtful
usurythe lending of money with an interest charge for its use
besmirchto cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully
libidoinstinctual 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
gougea chisel with a concavo-convex cross section
shearto cut off the hair from