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 |
|---|---|
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| rightful | just |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| enhance | heighten |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |