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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truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
contagion | a contagious disease |
epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
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jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
wag | to be in motion : stir |
unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |