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 |
|---|---|
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| cataclysm | flood |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |