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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |