GRE Word List
PREMONITORY
giving warning
The meaning of the word premonitory is giving warning.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| piscatorial | piscatory |