GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| mendicant | beggar |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |