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herald

verbCommon GRE wordMore H words

to announce or signal the approach of something

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Herald in a sentence

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The cock's crow heralded the breaking of dawn over the quiet farm.

Synonyms
proclaimannounceforeshadowpresage
Antonyms

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Verbal · Text Completion

Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Herald (verb) means to announce or signal the approach of something
Here is herald used in an example sentence: "The cock's crow heralded the breaking of dawn over the quiet farm."
Common synonyms for herald include proclaim, announce, foreshadow, presage.
Herald is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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