GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| dour | stern |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| upright | perpendicular |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |