GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |