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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| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
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| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
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| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |