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 |
|---|---|
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| collected | gathered together |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| harass | exhaust |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |