GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exegesis | exposition |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
