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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reprobationthe act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated
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fleeta number of warships under a single command
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
reclusemarked by withdrawal from society : solitary
amphitheateran oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles
embossto raise the surface of into bosses
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
healthfulbeneficial to health of body or mind