GRE Word List

FOUNDER

one that founds or establishes

The meaning of the word founder is one that founds or establishes.

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optionalinvolving an option : not compulsory
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
buffooneryfoolish or playful behavior or practice
fatuouscomplacently or inanely foolish : silly
inculcateto teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
gauntexcessively thin and angular
herda typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control
deploreto feel or express grief for
irateroused to ire
provisionthe act or process of providing