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 |
|---|---|
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |