GRE Word List

FOREBEARS

ancestor

The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.

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WordMeaning
recalcitrantobstinately defiant of authority or restraint
scadany of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus)
dictuma noteworthy statement: such as
fervorintensity of feeling or expression
resurgeto undergo a resurgence
thriveto grow vigorously : flourish
tribunala court or forum of justice
impassivegiving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
shadecomparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light