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

WordMeaning
ferreta domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat
gradationa series forming successive stages
banallacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite
calculatedapt
nutritionthe act or process of nourishing or being nourished
subornto induce secretly to do an unlawful thing
minutiaea minute or minor detail
crotchetygiven to crotchets (see crotchet
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
acrophobiaabnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights