GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| manifestation | the act, process, or an instance of manifesting |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| satiate | filled to satiety |