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 |
|---|---|
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |