Unit 5 Flashcards
augur
verb
- to divine or predict, as from omens
- to serve as an omen or promise; foreshadow
auspicious
adjective
- suggesting that future success is likely; opportune; favorable
- favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate
bestial
adjective
- of, relating to, or having the form of a beast
- without reason or intelligence; brutal; inhuman
death knell
noun
an action or event presaging death or destruction; a harbinger of the end
divine
verb
- to discover by intuition or insight; infer
- to predict the future or hidden knowledge by interpretation of omens
flimflam
noun
deceptive nonsense; a trick
galvanize
verb
to startle into a sudden activity as if with an electric shock; stimulate
hamartia
noun
tragic flaw
harbinger
anything that foreshadows a future event; sign
hokum
noun
- out-and-out nonsense
- false or irrelevant material
phantasm
noun
ghost, apparition, or specter; illusion or fantasy
prestidigitation
noun
sleight of hand
portent
noun
something that foreshadows a coming event; sign
prognosticate
verb
to forecast or predict from signs; to foretell; to foreshadow
soothsayer
noun
- a person who predicts the future; fortune-teller
