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 |
|---|---|
| condole | grieve |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |