GRE Word List
HARBINGER
something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
The meaning of the word harbinger is something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |