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 |
|---|---|
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| progeny | descendants |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |