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

WordMeaning
cozento deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery
sacrosanctmost sacred or holy : inviolable
urgentcalling for immediate attention : pressing
shangri-laa remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia
sagaa prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland
baroqueof, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension
nonentitysomething that does not exist or exists only in the imagination
abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
slywise in practical affairs