GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| euphony | pleasing or sweet sound |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |