GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| dilute | attenuate |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |