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 |
|---|---|
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |