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 |
|---|---|
| grudging | unwilling |
| broach | brooch |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| contrive | devise |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |