GRE Word List
BETOKEN
to typify beforehand : presage
The meaning of the word betoken is to typify beforehand : presage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grudging | unwilling |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |