GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |