GRE vocabulary
Portend
To be a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen.
Example
"The dark clouds gathering on the horizon seemed to portend a severe storm."
Etymology
From Latin 'portendere' meaning 'to stretch forth, indicate, foretell.'
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