GRE Word List

FOREBEARS

ancestor

The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.

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WordMeaning
recapitulateto retell or restate briefly : summarize
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
spatulaa flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
pulchritudephysical comeliness
graphicof or relating to the pictorial arts
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
aggregateformed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective
magistratean official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as
winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch