GRE Word List

BETOKEN

to typify beforehand : presage

The meaning of the word betoken is to typify beforehand : presage.

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mata piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support
usagefirmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure
enigmasomething hard to understand or explain
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sovereignone possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty
penumbraa space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light
indubitabletoo evident to be doubted : unquestionable
exactingtryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking