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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |