GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |