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 |
|---|---|
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |