GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| writ | something written : writing |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |