GRE vocabulary

Presage

To be a sign or warning of an upcoming event; to foreshadow.

Example

"The dark clouds gathering on the horizon seemed to presage a violent storm."

Etymology

From Latin 'praesagium' 'a presentiment, a foreboding', from 'praesagire' 'to perceive beforehand'.

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