GRE Word List
PREMONITION
previous notice or warning : forewarning
The meaning of the word premonition is previous notice or warning : forewarning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| hap | happening |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| blackball | to vote against |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |