GRE Word List
PREMONITORY
giving warning
The meaning of the word premonitory is giving warning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| 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 |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |