GRE Word List
AUGURY
divination from auspices (see auspice
The meaning of the word augury is divination from auspices (see auspice.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |