GRE Word List
BETOKEN
to typify beforehand : presage
The meaning of the word betoken is to typify beforehand : presage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |