GRE Word List
ANTECEDENTS
preceding events that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background
The meaning of the word antecedents is preceding events that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| monarchy | government under a single ruler |
| militant | combative; bellicose; N. |
| rebuttal | refutation; response with contrary evidence; V. rebut: refute; disprove |
| sectarian | of a sect; narrow-minded; parochial; N: member of a sect; narrow-minded person |
| expound | explain |
| bauble | trinket; cheap jewel; trifle |
| slack | moving slowly; sluggish; inactive; (of a rope) loose; negligent; lax; Ex. slack season; Ex. slack in one's work; N. V. |
| significant | expressing a meaning; important; Ex. significant smile; N. significance: importance; meaning; V. signify: denote; mean; signal; make known; matter; be significant |
| voyeur | Peeping Tom; person who derives sexual gratification from observing the sexual acts of others |
| dilate | expand; dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject) |
