GRE Word List
MISGIVINGS
a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event
The meaning of the word misgivings is a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |