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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |