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 |
|---|---|
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| debonair | suave |