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 |
|---|---|
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| mystic | mystical |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |