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 |
|---|---|
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| drab | slattern |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |