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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|---|---|
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| cadaver | a dead body |
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| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
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| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |