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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avertto turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance
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subordinateplaced in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
hypocriticalcharacterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy
deportto send out of the country by legal deportation
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ambrosiathe food of the Greek and Roman gods