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 |
|---|---|
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| paltry | inferior |
| obscure | dark |