GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |