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 |
|---|---|
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |