GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| anemia | a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |