GRE Word List
ANTECEDENTS
preceding events that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background
The meaning of the word antecedents is preceding events that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ventral | abdominal |
| mischance | ill luck |
| interjection | exclamation; Ex. ``Ouch'' |
| expenditure | payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy |
| inhibited | (of a person) unable to express what one really feels |
| hamper | obstruct; prevent the free movement of; N: ½Δ·αΗ°ΐΜ³ͺ ΐΗΊΉ ΅ξΐ» ΄γ΄Β ΉΩ±Έ΄Ο |
| wrench | twist; pull; strain; Ex. He wrenched the gun out of her hands. |
| castrate | remove the sex organs (of a male animal or person) |
| sophist | teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning; N. sophism: plausible but fallacious argument |
| polarity | state of having two opposite qualities |
