GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| harass | exhaust |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| ram | a male sheep |