GRE Word List
OMINOUS
being or exhibiting an omen : portentous
The meaning of the word ominous is being or exhibiting an omen : portentous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |