GRE Word List
BETOKEN
to typify beforehand : presage
The meaning of the word betoken is to typify beforehand : presage.
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|---|---|
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
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| clown | farmer |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| contest | strive |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
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