GRE Word List
PROVIDENCE
divine guidance or care
The meaning of the word providence is divine guidance or care.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| egregious | conspicuous |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| demise | death |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |