GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |