GRE Word List
PREMONITORY
giving warning
The meaning of the word premonitory is giving warning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |