GRE Word List
FILIAL
of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter
The meaning of the word filial is of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| sentinel | sentry |
| 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") |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |