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 |
|---|---|
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| boor | peasant |