GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| transport | to transfer or convey from one place to another |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| culmination | the action of culminating |