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 |
|---|---|
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| edifice | building |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| dour | stern |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |