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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| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
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| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
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