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 |
|---|---|
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |