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 |
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| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
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| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |