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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|---|---|
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |