GRE Word List
PREMONITORY
giving warning
The meaning of the word premonitory is giving warning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |