GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| malediction | curse |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |