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.
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| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
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| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
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