GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| provenance | origin |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| stench | stink |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |