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 |
|---|---|
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| hurl | rush |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |