GRE Word List
BETOKEN
to typify beforehand : presage
The meaning of the word betoken is to typify beforehand : presage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |