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 |
|---|---|
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| betray | to lead astray |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |