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 |
|---|---|
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| defer | put off |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |