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 |
|---|---|
| beleaguer | besiege |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| refrain | curb |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |