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 |
|---|---|
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| benison | blessing |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |