GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| seemly | good-looking |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |