GRE Word List
SOOTHSAYER
a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator
The meaning of the word soothsayer is a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator.
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| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
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| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
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| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
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