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 |
|---|---|
| debonair | suave |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |