GRE Word List
HERALD
messenger; sign of something to come; V: announce; proclaim; Ex. unheralded researcher
The meaning of the word herald is messenger; sign of something to come; V: announce; proclaim; Ex. unheralded researcher.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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progeny | children; offspring; descendants |
cadence | rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat; regular beat of sound; rhythm |
bound | leap or spring; limit or confine; constitute the limit of; Ex. bounded by Canada; N: leap or jumping; boundary; ADJ: certain; having a duty to do something (legally or morally); confined by bonds; Ex. We are bound to be late; Ex. I am bound to say my opinion; CF. bounce, rebound |
compulsive | resulting from compulsion |
allay | calm; pacify |
swerve | deviate; turn aside sharply from a straight course; Ex. swerve from the principle; Ex. The car swerved to the right. |
progenitor | ancestor |
xenophobia | fear or hatred of foreigners; N. xenophobe |
spectral | ghostly; N. specter: spectre; ghost; phantom |
combustible | easily burned; N. CF. combustion |