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 |
|---|---|
| license | permission to act |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |