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 |
|---|---|
| cohorts | companion |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| prowess | distinguished bravery |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |