GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |