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 |
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| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |