GRE Word List
BETOKEN
to typify beforehand : presage
The meaning of the word betoken is to typify beforehand : presage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |