GRE Word List
FORFEIT
something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty
The meaning of the word forfeit is something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |
| enduring | lasting |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |