GRE Word List
POSTMORTEM
done, occurring, or collected after death
The meaning of the word postmortem is done, occurring, or collected after death.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |