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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excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
raffleto engage in a raffle
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suppliantsupplicant
dirgea song or hymn of grief or lamentation
shootto eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger)
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