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 |
|---|---|
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |