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 |
|---|---|
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| baroque | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |