GRE Word List

PREMONITORY

giving warning

The meaning of the word premonitory is giving warning.

Random words

WordMeaning
stemthe main trunk of a plant
demurto take exception : object
resourcefulable to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means
conciliatoryintended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate
tarryto delay or be tardy in acting or doing
florescencea state or period of flourishing
cessationa temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop
phalanxa body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files
hinterlandsa region lying inland from a coast
ecosystemthe complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit