GRE Word List
PORTEND
to give an omen or anticipatory sign of
The meaning of the word portend is to give an omen or anticipatory sign of.
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|---|---|
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
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| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| erudite | having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition |