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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WordMeaning
ebullientboiling
encroachmentto enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another
nonplusa state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary
pilfersteal
concatenatelinked together
epicureone with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine
somaticof, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm
provocativeserving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
pretendto give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing
tribunea Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates