GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |