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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |