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 |
|---|---|
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| endue | provide |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |