GRE Word List
AUGURY
divination from auspices (see auspice
The meaning of the word augury is divination from auspices (see auspice.
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| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| thespian | actor |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |