GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| lax | loose |
| osseous | bony |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |