GRE Word List
PROVIDENCE
divine guidance or care
The meaning of the word providence is divine guidance or care.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |