GRE Word List

PREMONITORY

giving warning

The meaning of the word premonitory is giving warning.

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tantamountequivalent in value, significance, or effect
contaminateto soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association
incandescentwhite, glowing, or luminous with intense heat
compriseto be made up of
outmodednot being in style
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sonneta fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme
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