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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adjournto suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time
pachydermany of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin
manifestreadily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight
clefta space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure
slapto strike sharply with or as if with the open hand
corporealhaving, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as
bloatedoverfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc.
tippleto drink liquor especially by habit or to excess
loiterto delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle
tridenta 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune)