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 |
|---|---|
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| nourishment | food |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| veracious | truthful |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |