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 |
|---|---|
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| prodigy | a highly talented child or youth |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |