SAT Power Vocab - Princeton Review

• The sky looks ominous this afternoon; there are black clouds in the west, and I think it is
  going to rain.


• Mrs. Lewis’s voice sounded ominous when she told the class that it was time for a “little
  test.”

Ominous is related to omen.

pervade (pur VAYD) v to spread throughout

Mnemonic:

PERVADE sounds  like    INVADE.

• A terrible smell pervaded the apartment building after the sewer main exploded.


• On examination day, the classroom was pervaded by a sense of imminent doom.