GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| concur | to express agreement |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |