GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| fabricate | invent |
| freebooter | pirate |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |