GRE Word List
PORTEND
foretell; presage; be a sign or warning of; N. portent: sign; omen; forewarning
The meaning of the word portend is foretell; presage; be a sign or warning of; N. portent: sign; omen; forewarning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| advocate | speak in favor of; support (an idea or plan); urge; plead for |
| accede | agree |
| shack | crude cabin |
| queer | strange; eccentric; deviating from the normal |
| inured | accustomed; hardened; Ex. inured to the Alaskan cold; V. inure: make used to something undesirable; harden; CF. unfeeling |
| seedy | run-down; decrepit; disreputable; having many seeds; Ex. seedy downtown hotel |
| senility | old age; feeblemindedness of old age; ADJ. senile: resulting from old age; showing the weakness of body or mind from old age; Ex. senile dementia |
| gallows | framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging) |
| somnambulist | sleepwalker; V. somnambulate; N. somnambulism |
| insensible | unconscious; unresponsive; insensitive; unaware; imperceptible; Ex. insensible of his danger/to pain; Ex. insensible change; CF. not the opposite of sensible |