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 |
|---|---|
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| clown | farmer |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |