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 |
|---|---|
| drivel | nonsense |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |