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 |
|---|---|
| genre | a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |