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 |
|---|---|
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| score | twenty |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| humdrum | monotonous |