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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helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
pontifical | episcopal attire |
malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |