GRE Word List
PREMONITORY
giving warning
The meaning of the word premonitory is giving warning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| arid | excessively dry |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| decipher | decode |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |