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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| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
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| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
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| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
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