GRE Word List

FOREBEARS

ancestor

The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.

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WordMeaning
harassexhaust
probea slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity)
augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
snickerto laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter
disproportionlack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity
spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread
doggedmarked by stubborn determination
seismicof, subject to, or caused by an earthquake
rama male sheep