GRE Word List

AUGURY

divination from auspices (see auspice

The meaning of the word augury is divination from auspices (see auspice.

Random words

WordMeaning
provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order
cresta showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration
trekto make one's way arduously
ciliatedpossessing cilia
grudgeto be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully
withholdto hold back from action : check
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
ancillarysubordinate
disquisitiona formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
asymmetrichaving two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical