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 |
|---|---|
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| tome | book |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| antecede | precede |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |