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 |
|---|---|
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
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| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| erudite | having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| entity | being |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
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