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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tendermarked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond
rebusa representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound
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