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prophecy

Meaning

A foretelling of future events, often considered divinely inspired.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The old woman's eyes glinted as she spoke of the coming storm. Her words, a dire prophecy, filled the village with fear. Everyone listened, believing her words were from a higher power, foretelling hardship ahead.

The old woman shivered, clutching the tattered map. This ancient prophecy, a foretelling of future events the village elders swore was divinely inspired, spoke of the river's thirst. If the rains didn't come, they'd all starve. She prayed it was wrong.

The old woman clutched the tattered map, her eyes wide with fear. She spoke of a coming flood, a foretelling of future events that felt heavy with a power beyond her own understanding. It was a prophecy that chilled everyone who heard it.

The old wizard mumbled, "A talking badger will bring us cheese! It's a prophecy!" His cat yawned, unimpressed. She'd heard his wild predictions before, like the one about the flying teacups. This latest foretelling of future events was just another Tuesday.

Old Barnaby swore his pet goldfish, Bartholomew, had a special gift. Bartholomew would blow a single bubble, and Barnaby would interpret this as a prophecy about whether his toast would burn. Today, Bartholomew blew three bubbles. Barnaby nervously declared it a prophecy of impending doom, and promptly hid under his very large, very dry hat.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The village elder spoke of a coming drought, a chilling prophecy he'd received in a dream. His voice trembled, the weight of this foretelling of future events, a divinely inspired warning, pressing down on us all. We knew then we had to prepare.

The old prospector clutched the tattered map, his eyes wide. He’d dismissed the whispers as delirium until the strange rock formations matched the faded markings. This wasn't just a hunch; it felt like a prophecy, a divine nudge towards the hidden vein of jade that would finally save his failing homestead.

The elder clutched the tarnished locket, her eyes wide with a desperate hope. She’d heard whispers of a prophecy, a foretelling of a lost ship returning, and if it was true, her son might still be alive.

Barnaby swore his grandma's "prophecy" – a foretelling of future events, often considered divinely inspired – about his sock-mismatched fate was true. She’d always claimed the cat’s twitching ear was a sign. Sure enough, he found himself wearing one argyle and one polka dot, just as predicted.

My Aunt Mildred always claimed she had a prophecy about where the best-tasting rogue squirrels hid their winter nut stashes. She'd get this wild look, mumble about acorn futures, and then drag us out at dawn to dig. Turns out, it was less divinely inspired and more… a desperate attempt to avoid buying birdseed.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

The elder spoke of a coming hardship, a dire prophecy whispered through generations. His voice, heavy with resignation, relayed this foretelling of future events, a burden passed down, as if divinely inspired, to prepare them for the inevitable sorrow.

Elara clutched the tattered parchment, her knuckles white. The words spoke of a coming blight, a desperate plea whispered by the spirits of the dying forest. This wasn't just a story; it was a prophecy, a foretelling of events so grim it sent a shiver down her spine.

The old botanist clutched the brittle seed, whispering about the ancient prophecy that this dormant sprout would bloom only when the twin moons aligned. His trembling hands conveyed the weight of generations, a foretelling of future events he believed was divinely inspired.

Barnaby swore his pet goldfish, Bartholomew, possessed a peculiar prophecy: that the human race would soon face an impending crisis involving a rogue toaster and a surplus of lukewarm tea. Bartholomew's incessant bubble-blowing, Barnaby insisted, was a divinely inspired foretelling of this chaotic, crumb-filled future.

Barnaby the badger, renowned for his peculiar habit of interpreting lint formations, delivered a startling prophecy yesterday. He declared that the precise arrangement of fluff on Mrs. Higgins's favorite cardigan foretold a colossal influx of artisanal pickles arriving on a Tuesday. Apparently, divine inspiration had deemed this pickle-related future most urgent.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

The village elder’s pronouncements were not mere speculation. Each uttered phrase, delivered with an unnerving certainty, felt like a true prophecy. The famine that descended, the subsequent plague, all precisely as foretold, confirming the divine inspiration behind her somber predictions.

The grizzled prospector, eyes gleaming with a feverish intensity, recounted the ancient prophecy. He believed the subterranean currents, their seismic whispers, portended a seismic shift in the earth's mantle, a foretelling of future events born from the very tremors he now felt.

The village elders huddled, their faces etched with trepidation as they reread the ancient prophecy. It spoke of a seismic upheaval, a geological cataclysm foretold centuries ago by a revered seer, their words now an urgent, grim warning of the impending earth-shattering event they had to face.

The oracle, a corpulent mystic with a preternatural ability to burp Latin, uttered a rather alarming prophecy: "He who ingests sufficient quantities of pickled herring shall, by Tuesday, attain sapience concerning the migratory patterns of garden gnomes." The assembled dignitaries averted their gazes, contemplating the potential piscatorial pandemonium.

The eccentric proprietor, a prodigious purveyor of artisanal cheese sculptures, claimed a celestial prophecy foretold the exact moment a rogue badger would abscond with his award-winning gorgonzola masterpiece, a moment he’d meticulously documented with a peculiar contraption of bells and fermented cabbage.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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