GRE Word List
PREMONITORY
serving to warn
The meaning of the word premonitory is serving to warn.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plight | difficult condition; condition or state (esp. a bad state or condition); predicament |
| viand | food; CF. live |
| base | contemptible; morally bad; inferior in value or quality; Ex. base motives/conduct; Ex. base metal such as iron |
| emulate | imitate; rival; try to equal or excel (through imitation) |
| thresh | beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw |
| weird | eerie; strange; unnatural |
| miscellaneous | made up of a variety of parts |
| humdrum | dull; monotonous |
| shambles | (place or scene of) complete disorder or ruin; wreck; mess; Ex. After the hurricane, the coast was a shambles. |
| invoke | call and bring into use (a right or law); call on/upon (a higher power or god) for help; ask for; beg for; conjure (a spirit); Ex. invoke the veto power; Ex. invoke one's advisor/God |
