GRE Word List
PROVIDENCE
divine guidance or care
The meaning of the word providence is divine guidance or care.
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| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
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| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |