GRE Word List
PRESENTIMENT
a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition
The meaning of the word presentiment is a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |