GRE Word List

FOREBEARS

ancestor

The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.

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paltryinferior
fruitionpleasurable use or possession : enjoyment
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
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shirkto go stealthily : sneak
scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
flightyswift
figurea number symbol : numeral
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