GRE Word List

FOREBEARS

ancestor

The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.

Random words

WordMeaning
gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
missilecapable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object
claspa device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together
perspicuityplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
invidiousof an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious
peregrinationto travel especially on foot : walk
propitiateto gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease
authoritarianof, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
inhibitedto prohibit from doing something