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 |
|---|---|
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| 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") |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |