GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |