GRE Word List
BETOKEN
to typify beforehand : presage
The meaning of the word betoken is to typify beforehand : presage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |