GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| martial | of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| wholesome | promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |