GRE Word List
PREMONITORY
giving warning
The meaning of the word premonitory is giving warning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| impinge | encroach |
| upright | perpendicular |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| brevity | shortness of duration |