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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loatheto dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest
grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
conduita natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed
bridlethe headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit
simperto smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner
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tinta usually slight or pale coloration : hue
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emissaryone designated as the agent of another : representative
inertlacking the power to move