GRE Word List

FOREBEARS

ancestor

The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.

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WordMeaning
penancean act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification
riftfissure
inordinateexceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
rhetoricthe art of speaking or writing effectively: such as
vainhaving or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited
graphicof or relating to the pictorial arts
consanguinitythe quality or state of being consanguineous
jocosegiven to joking : merry
lingerto be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background