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 |
|---|---|
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| reverie | daydream |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |