GRE Word List

FOREBEARS

ancestor

The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.

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WordMeaning
marto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
mauvea moderate purple, violet, or lilac color
healthfulbeneficial to health of body or mind
syntheticrelating to or involving synthesis : not analytic
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
peerone that is of equal standing with another : equal
leasha line for leading or restraining an animal
astringentcausing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic
imputeto lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites