GRE Word List
PREMONITORY
giving warning
The meaning of the word premonitory is giving warning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| maroon | a dark red |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |