GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expatriate | banish |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |
| welter | writhe |
| skimp | skimpy |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |