GRE Word List
PREMONITORY
giving warning
The meaning of the word premonitory is giving warning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |