GRE Word List
FOREBEARS
ancestor
The meaning of the word forebears is ancestor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| parlance | speech |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |