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 |
|---|---|
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| poise | balance |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| syllogism | a 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") |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |