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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| actuary | clerk |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |