GRE Word List
PREMONITORY
giving warning
The meaning of the word premonitory is giving warning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |