GRE Word List
PREMONITORY
giving warning
The meaning of the word premonitory is giving warning.
Random words
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compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
sap | the fluid part of a plant |
bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |