GRE Word List

FOREBEARS

ancestor

The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.

Random words

WordMeaning
pathetichaving a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
pestilentialcausing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly
cringeto recoil in distaste
leniencythe quality or state of being lenient
consolidationthe act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated
brindledhaving obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground
rompone that romps
grazeto feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton
inestimableincapable of being estimated or computed
disbarto expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges