GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| lax | loose |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| whimsy | whim |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |