GRE Word List

FORENSIC

belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate

The meaning of the word forensic is belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate.

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etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
dregssediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate
ductilecapable of being drawn out (see draw
indulgentwilling to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
fecundityfruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific
forfeitsomething forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty
plastera medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance
practicablecapable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible