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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WordMeaning
felicitousvery well suited or expressed : apt
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
deputizeto appoint as deputy
wiggleto move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle
earthlycharacteristic of or belonging to this earth
igneousformed by solidification of magma
odoroushaving an odor: such as
collateto compare critically
pendulouspoised without visible support
comaa state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison