GRE Word List
OMINOUS
being or exhibiting an omen : portentous
The meaning of the word ominous is being or exhibiting an omen : portentous.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| spare | not being used |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| doddering | feeble |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |