GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| rift | fissure |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |