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 |
|---|---|
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |