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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WordMeaning
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
welta strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together
celerityrapidity of motion or action
intimatemarked by a warm friendship developing through long association
cavaliermarked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain
adjacentnot distant : nearby
suavitysmoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated
hindrancethe state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered
asinineextremely or utterly foolish or silly
imposturethe act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name