GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |