GRE vocabulary
portent
a sign or warning that something significant is about to occur
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pacify
to calm or soothe someone who is angry or agitated
paean
a song or expression of joyful praise or triumph
painstaking
done with careful and thorough effort
palatable
agreeable to the taste or acceptable to the mind
palatial
resembling a palace in size or grandeur
palingenesis
rebirth, regeneration, or renewal into a new existence
palliate
to ease the severity of something without curing it
pallid
pale or lacking vitality and color
Common questions
Questions about “portent”
Portent (noun) means a sign or warning that something significant is about to occur
Here is portent used in an example sentence: "Many took the comet as a portent of disaster."
Common synonyms for portent include omen, sign, harbinger, augury.
Portent is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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