GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ensconce | shelter |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| colloquy | conversation |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |