GRE Word List
PROVIDENCE
divine guidance or care
The meaning of the word providence is divine guidance or care.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| billowing | wave |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |