GRE Word List
PROVIDENCE
divine guidance or care
The meaning of the word providence is divine guidance or care.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |