GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |