GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| reckon | count |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| regeneration | an act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated |