GRE Word List
BETOKEN
to typify beforehand : presage
The meaning of the word betoken is to typify beforehand : presage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| mischance | bad luck |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |