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 |
|---|---|
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| calculated | apt |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |