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 |
|---|---|
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |