GRE Word List
PROVIDENCE
divine guidance or care
The meaning of the word providence is divine guidance or care.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |