GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| hortatory | hortative |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| forlorn | bereft |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| betray | to lead astray |