GRE Word List
PREMONITORY
giving warning
The meaning of the word premonitory is giving warning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |