GRE Word List
PREMONITORY
giving warning
The meaning of the word premonitory is giving warning.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quicksilver | mercury |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| leave-taking | departure |
| lax | loose |