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 |
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| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |