GRE Word List
PREMONITORY
giving warning
The meaning of the word premonitory is giving warning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| unfrock | defrock |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |