GRE Word List
BETOKEN
to typify beforehand : presage
The meaning of the word betoken is to typify beforehand : presage.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| vixen | a female fox |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |