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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| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
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| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |