GRE Word List
ANTECEDENTS
a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
The meaning of the word antecedents is a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him").
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aromatic | of, relating to, or having aroma: |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| bulk | magnitude |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |