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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| Word | Meaning |
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| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| shoot | to 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) |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
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| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |