GRE Word List
HARBINGER
forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come)
The meaning of the word harbinger is forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| susceptible | impressionable; easily influenced; sensitive; having little resistance as to a disease; likely to suffer; receptive to; capable of accepting; Ex. susceptible to persuasion/colds; Ex. The agreement is not susceptible of alteration; N. susceptibility |
| colossus | gigantic statue; person or thing of great size or importance |
| flush | redden; blush; flow suddenly and abundantly; wash out by a rapid brief flow of water; N: reddish tinge; blush; brief rush; rush of strong feeling; Ex. flush of pride; ADJ: having surfaces in the same plane; even; blushing |
| percussion | striking one object against another sharply; Ex. percussion instrument; N: striking together of two bodies; sound caused by percussion |
| comeback | retort; quick clever reply; return to former status |
| gastronomy | art and science of preparing and serving good food; CF. gastronome |
| manumit | emancipate; free from slavery or bondage |
| vicarious | experienced as if one were taking part in the experience of another; done by a deputy for other people; acting as a substitute; Ex. vicarious thrill at the movies; Ex. the vicarious sufferings of Christ |
| guileless | without deceit |
| ooze | (of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly; N: mud or thick liquid as at the bottom of a river |
