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
divestto deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title
wangleto resort to trickery or devious methods
iconoclastica person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions
derogatoryexpressive of a low opinion : disparaging
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
poisebalance
anvila heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)
hazarda source of danger
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
indifferentmarked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic