GRE Word List

FOREBEARS

ancestor

The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.

Random words

WordMeaning
pestilentialcausing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly
torquea force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion
grimacea facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain
siltloose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter
idolatrythe worship of a physical object as a god
gushto issue copiously or violently
subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
diffusebeing at once verbose and ill-organized
connivancethe act of conniving