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premonition


Pronunciation: /ˌprēməˈniSHən, ˌprem- /
noun
A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant: he had a premonition of imminent disaster

Origin
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘warning’): from French prémonition, from late Latin praemonitio(n-), from Latin praemonere, from prae ‘before’ + monere ‘warn’.

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Joel had a bad feeling. The forest was too silent. It wasn’t the lack of a breeze, but something else. Dread premonition washed over him as adrenalin surged through his system.

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