GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| fester | to generate pus |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |