GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |
| niggle | trifle |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |