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 |
|---|---|
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| resign | relegate |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| disconsolate | cheerless |