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 |
|---|---|
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |