GRE Word List
FOREBODING
the act of one who forebodes
The meaning of the word foreboding is the act of one who forebodes.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| oligarchy | government by the few |