GRE Word List
POSTHUMOUS
born after the death of the father
The meaning of the word posthumous is born after the death of the father.
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| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| manifestation | the act, process, or an instance of manifesting |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |