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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| etymology | the 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 |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |