GRE Word List

FOREBEARS

ancestor

The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.

Random words

WordMeaning
warymarked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger
megalomaniaa mania (see mania
matrixsomething within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form
pervertto cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt
conversanthaving knowledge or experience
theoreticalexisting only in theory : hypothetical
seemlygood-looking
foreshadowto represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure
iridescenthaving or exhibiting iridescence
apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future