GRE Word List
BETOKEN
to typify beforehand : presage
The meaning of the word betoken is to typify beforehand : presage.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |