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

WordMeaning
blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
inclementlacking mildness: such as
nourishmentfood
fluxa flowing of fluid from the body: such as
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
interregnumthe time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
flamboyantmarked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior
gentryupper or ruling class : aristocracy
orificean opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass