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 |
|---|---|
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |