GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| gnarl | snarl |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |