GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dilute | attenuate |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |