GRE Word List
FORBEARANCE
a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due
The meaning of the word forbearance is a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |