GRE Word List
PREMONITORY
giving warning
The meaning of the word premonitory is giving warning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |