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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| exhume | disinter |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |