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 |
|---|---|
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| gazette | newspaper |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |