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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|---|---|
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |