GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| fulcrum | prop |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |