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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| calorific | caloric |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| dingy | dirty |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |