GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| fuddle | booze |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |