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 |
|---|---|
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |