GRE Word List
AUGURY
divination from auspices (see auspice
The meaning of the word augury is divination from auspices (see auspice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |