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 |
|---|---|
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| scintilla | spark |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| noisome | noxious |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |