Word of the Day: PROGNOSTICATE

What do you predict this word means?

prognosticate (verb) - to predict or forecast, using present knowledge and information [prog-nos-ti-keyt]

BREAKDOWN: PRO- (before) + GNO- (know) + -ICATE (make or do)

• prognostication is a forecast or knowledge in advance

• a prognosticator is one who predicts or foretells the course of events

“The school system is constructed to praise you if you get high grades. And if you get straight A's, you're the one that everyone puts forward, and they prognosticate that the straight-A person is the one most likely to succeed, because that's the way the school system is constructed and conceived.” —Neil deGrasse Tyson