GRE Word List
PRESAGE
something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen
The meaning of the word presage is something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| condign | deserved |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |