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 |
|---|---|
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| viable | capable of living |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |