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 |
|---|---|
| seemly | good-looking |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |