GRE Word List
BETOKEN
to typify beforehand : presage
The meaning of the word betoken is to typify beforehand : presage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |