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prognosticate

verbCommon GRE wordMore P words

to foretell or predict a future event from present signs

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Prognosticate in a sentence

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Analysts prognosticated a sharp downturn long before it arrived.

Synonyms
predictforecastprophesypresage
Antonyms

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Verbal · Text Completion

The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.

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Prognosticate (verb) means to foretell or predict a future event from present signs
Here is prognosticate used in an example sentence: "Analysts prognosticated a sharp downturn long before it arrived."
Common synonyms for prognosticate include predict, forecast, prophesy, presage.
Prognosticate is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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