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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kernelthe inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut
unfetterto free from fetters
manifestationthe act, process, or an instance of manifesting
surrogateone appointed to act in place of another : deputy
mutinousdisposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
churlishof, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar
sophistrysubtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
trickleto issue or fall in drops