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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WordMeaning
prophylacticguarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection
prescienceforeknowledge of events:
unfetterto free from fetters
opaqueblocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity
emollientmaking soft or supple
ennuia feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom
bourgeoisof, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
agrarianof or relating to fields or lands or their tenure
swindlerto obtain money or property by fraud or deceit