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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| nib | bill |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |