GRE Word List
PREMONITION
previous notice or warning : forewarning
The meaning of the word premonition is previous notice or warning : forewarning.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |