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 |
|---|---|
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |