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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|---|---|
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
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| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
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| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
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