GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| sophist | philosopher |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |