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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recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
lofty | elevated in character and spirit : noble |
atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
codify | to reduce to a code |
tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
statutory | of or relating to statutes |