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 |
|---|---|
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |