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 |
|---|---|
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |