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 |
|---|---|
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| bountiful | liberal or generous in bestowing gifts or favors |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| influx | a coming in |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |