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 |
|---|---|
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| pugilist | fighter |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| append | attach |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |