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 |
|---|---|
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |