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 |
|---|---|
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| metallurgical | the science and technology of metals |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |