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 |
|---|---|
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |