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 |
|---|---|
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| junket | trip |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |